The Traveling Genealogist

Marty recommends............ Pet Friendly Accommodations

 

Marty

In Evergreen, CO Marty recommends the Pet Friendly Quality Suites

http://www.qualityinn.com/hotel-evergreen-colorado-CO129

If you are traveling with your pet to Evergreen CO, the Quality Suites is a "pet-friendly" hotel.

Accommodations when visiting Evergreen, CO

Should you be visiting Evergreen, CO and looking for a place to stay, here is a link to a fabulous place. Here is a link to the Highland Haven Creekside Inn.

http://www.highlandhaven.com/index.html

Of course, there are many other places to choose from.

Do remember to save some time to visit The Denver Public Library has the best genealogy section west of the Mississippi River.

http://denverlibrary.org/

Be sure to schedule some time at the Rocky Mountain Region of the National Archives.

http://www.archives.gov/rocky-mountain/

Evergreen, CO Obituaries

Evergreen Library

Jefferson County Public Library

5000 State Highway 73

 Evergreen, CO 80439

 (303) 235-5275

 

An important resource of this library for genealogists is the set of obituary books in their holdings.  The collection of obituary information begins with 1953 to present.  Members of the Mountain Genealogists Society, a very active local group, recently began extracting obituaries from the Canyon Courier newspapers (covering Evergreen and the High Timber Times (covering Hwy 285 corridor, Conifer, Pine, Bailey)

 

The obituaries are in binders located in the Evergreen  Library (Jefferson County, Colorado). The information extracted is on a page along with the copied obituary from the newspaper.

               

                                              
                                   

The Traveling Genealogist™

In The Beginning, We Traveled!

Welcome to THE TRAVELING GENEALOGIST™ Blog!

I know… another genealogy blog. However, I’d like for this blog to be a little different, something useful to those of you who plan trips to do research in a community (large or small) in which your family settled.  Those out of the way places that are holding “gems” of information that might be instrumental for others in discovering that illusive “ancestor”…. Breaking down that “brick wall” we’ve been working on for years with little success, but we do know it is out there… somewhere.

Although there are many sources of genealogical information on the Internet, there are still those of us who find it thrilling to discover an original document hidden away in a courthouse, library, museum, an old house, etc. We really do want to be where our ancestors were. To see places they walked, farmed, made their living, grew their family and were buried. That makes our story real for us.

My wish for THE TRAVELING GENEALOGIST™ Blog! is that it be fun, interesting, and a quick source of information in a central location; information that might help the next person planning their trip to the same town, city, county, state to get the most out of their research time.

This site is intended for those planning a trip to do genealogy research, those who have returned from a genealogy research trip with information to share, and anyone who enjoys genealogy, family and history. We all know there is never enough time to do all the research we’d like when traveling to a new place. We are sure solving a mystery is just around the corner. BEING PREPARED IS THE KEY! So, if this site’s information gives you a head start on where to look, that is the goal.

I’m hoping THE TRAVELING GENEALOGIST™! will be one in which many genealogy researchers, far and wide, will participate in and share their information and experiences with other genealogists: A sort of “Pay It Forward” opportunity.  Photos: I think a good photo is worth a thousand words. Was our experience good or not so good experience? What would have been a better approach to our search? Were we able to search out and speak to the people who could provide us helpful information?

If you have been to a small out of the way place to do your research, please share.  Photos, pertinent text and maybe a little of what you found that might be helpful. Just enough to give the next person a starting place in their research.